Paul Shaffer

Age: 59
Height: 5' 5"

Birth Place: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Born: Nov. 28th, 1949

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Paul Shaffer's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Late Show with David Letterman	Paul Shaffer
Primetime Glick	Paul Shaffer
A Year at the Top	Paul

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

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TRIVIA:

(September 21, 2002) A street in his hometown of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, is being renamed after him as Paul Shaffer Drive.
Guest hosted the Late Show formally (when 'David Letterman' (qv) was out because of shingles) on March 24, 2003 with guests 'Bob Dole (I)' (qv), 'Connie Nielsen (I)' (qv), 'Cat Power' (qv), and 'Mike Smith (XVIII)' (qv) from the 'Dave Clark (I)' (qv) Five subbing for him as bandleader.
He won a Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance: "Foggy Mountain Breakdown," with 'Earl Scruggs' (qv), Glen Duncan, 'Randy Scruggs' (qv), 'Steve Martin (I)' (qv), 'Vince Gill (I)' (qv), 'Marty Stuart' (qv), Gary Scruggs, 'Albert Lee (II)' (qv), 'Jerry Douglas (III)' (qv) and 'Leon Russell' (qv) in 2002.
Daughter, Victoria Lily (b. 8 April 1993)
'Paul Shaffer' (qv) wrote, with 'Paul Jabara' (qv) the number one '80s hit "It's Raining Men", performed by 'The Weather Girls' (qv) and re-recorded by 'Geri Halliwell' (qv) topping the British pop charts in 2001.
He was the musical director of the 1999 Concert of the Century at the White House, featuring 'Eric Clapton' (qv), 'B.B. King' (qv), 'Gloria Estefan' (qv), N Sync and others, to aid music programs in public schools.
He appeared with the Blues Brothers at the 1996 Super Bowl Halftime Show.
He led the band (including 'Eric Clapton' (qv) and 'Nile Rodgers' (qv)) for the "We Are the World" finale of Live-Aid in 1985.

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